Jobs and triggers are at the very core of the Quartz.Net scheduler. In a nutshell, jobs DO the work and triggers determine WHEN the work gets done.
Creating a Quartz.Net job is pretty straightforward. First, you must implement the IJob interface. The IJob interface is pretty simple. Here it is:
Continue ReadingThere are at least two ways to use Quartz.Net: embedded (hosted) in your application or as a standalone windows service.
If you are going to host the Quartz.Net scheduler in your application, you’ll need to create a scheduler. This can be easily done through the scheduler factory provided in the distribution. The scheduler factory configures your scheduler for you.
Continue ReadingI’m going to take a stab at re-writing the Quartz.NET tutorial for version 2. The current version of the tutorial is for version 1 and so I figured it was time for an update.
Below is a list of the lessons that I’ll be posting.
Lesson 1: Using Quartz
Lesson 2: Jobs And Triggers
Lesson 3: More About Jobs & JobDetails
Lesson 4: More About Triggers
Lesson 5: SimpleTriggers
Lesson 6: CronTriggers
Lesson 7: TriggerListeners & JobListeners
Lesson 8: SchedulerListeners
Lesson 9: JobStores
Lesson 10: Configuration, Resource Usage and SchedulerFactory
Lesson 11: Advanced (Enterprise) Features
Lesson 12: Miscellaneous Features
I’ve been working on the Quartz.Net eBook and I have put together an outline of what the contents will be once it is finished. I thought I would share the table of contents with you and I would appreciate any comments you might have. I’m especially interested in getting feedback regarding which sections are more interesting and important for you. I’d also like to know if there are any sections that are of absolutely no value so that I can cut them out.
Continue ReadingQuartz.Net ships with a plugin that allows you to schedule jobs using an xml configuration file. By default this configuration file is called quartz_jobs.xml. In this post I will describe how to schedule a job with a cron trigger using this xml format.
Here are the contents of the XML file:
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